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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XI.—NO. 22.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Home Power. Built by
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REMEMBER THE NEW
MASSILLON THRESHER!
Fur steam or horse- power, tn.nrifnctnreil by
RUSSELL fc CO.. never has been beaten.
We dkfv any man to choke it or make it
waste grain when our directions arc follow
ed. These are always found on the lid of
the tool box. We guarantee our
SIX HORSE ENGINE
'rtie lightest for the powe r it develops, ever
offered to the public. It has a “Steam Bal
aneed Side. Valve.
Write us for Catalogue and Prices for
Thresher or Engine. Respectfully,
KtTLTbisiKIL.IL. &. CO„
Per C. A. Estabkook, Manager,
Atlanta, Ga.
C-irPlease mention that you saw adver
tisement iu this paper. may 25, 'B3.
PURE AND FRESH
DRUGS, MEDICINES
AND
CHEMICALS.
Paints,Oils, Colors, Brushes.
■\TE W GOODS constantly arriving. Largo
stock WINDOW GLASS, all sizes
Bxlo to 30x30. Full assortment LAMPS,
CHIMNEYS. CHANDELIERS, LANT
ERNS, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY,
POMADES, etc., etc. 'The host
Garden Seeds,
V
ONION SETS, POTATOES, ie, for
tlija climate from Robt. Hoist, Philadelphia,
10c papers sold at nc efriotly—warranted
froth and genuine,, crop 1832. I<TIfKST
HICGARS in town. SMOKING and
CHEWING TOBACCO.
S*sg“ Physician’s Prescriptions care
fully compounded and dispensed,
JNO. A. GRIFFIN,
OLIVER’S QUICK RELIEF
WILL CURE
Colics, Toothache, Colic in horses
Coughs, Earache, Insect Stings,
Colds, Headache, Bites of insects
Croup, Rheumatism, Catarrh,and pain
Cramps, Neuralgia, in man or beast.
Prepared by MAYS& CO., Atlanta, Ga,
Sold by J. A. Griffin, Grecnesboro.
mar 23 83
DRESS MAKING!
BY
MRS. A. 3. HARRIS,
RECENTLY OF ATLANTA,
At the STATU AM HOTEL BUILDING
oyer Dr. Walker's Drug Store. Prices low.
Prompt attention given t<T all orders and
satisfaction guaranteed. npr2o 33
GEOR3IA RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.
Georgia Railroad, Cos. )
Office General Manager, v
Augusta, April 28th, ’B2. )
CIOM.MENf TNG SUNDAY, the 29th inst.
> the following Passenger Schedule will
be operated :
PAST LIUSI
SO, 27. WEST DAILY. ; XII. 28. EAST DAILY.
Lve Augusta 7:4oarn 1 Lve Atlanta 2:50 p m
Ar Athens 12:30 am ! Ar Gr'nsbo’ 0:20 p tn
“ Gr'nsbo’ 10:15 “ I “ Athens... 8:27 “
Ar Atlanta 1:00 pm i “ Augusta 8:10 “
SO. 1 WEST — DAILY. SO. 2 EAST — DAILY.
Lv AugustalO 30 a in I Lv Atlanta 8 25 a m
“Macon.. 705 “ ! “ G’boro’.l2 09 p m
“ MU’dge. 910 “ Ar Athens 505 pm
“ Camak.l2 29 “ j Ar Wash’t. 255 “
“ Wa9h’t.ll 20 “ I “ Camak. 157 “
“ Athens. 905 “ “ Mil’dge. 449 “
Ar G’boro’. 215 p m ! “ Macon . 045 “
Ar Atlanta. 5 50 p in | Ar Augusta 3 55 p m
SO. 3 WEST — DAILY. SO. 4 EAST — DAILY.
Lv Augusta. 900 p m Lv Atlanta.B 50 p m
Ar G'boro'.. 1 44 a m I Ar G'horo’ 1 46 a m
Ar Atlanta..G 40 “ | Ar Augusta 6 20a m
CTSUPERB IMPROVED SLEEPERS
TO AUGUSTA & ATLANTA.
Train No. 27 will stop at and receive
passengers to and front the following
points only: Belair, Berzelia, Harlem,
Thomson, Camak, Crawfordville, Union
Point, Greenesb 1 >ro, Madison, Rutledge,
Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone
Mountain and Decatur.
Train No. 28 will stop at. and receive pas
sengers to and from the folllowing stations,
only, Berzelia, Harlem, Dearing, Thomsem,
Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Grecnesboro, Madison, Rutledge, Seicial
Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Mountain
and Decatur.
The Fast Line has Through Sleeper from
Atlanta te Charleston and connects for ail
points West and Northwest, East and South
east.
E. R. DORSEY,
General Passenger Agent
/Jno. W. Gref.n, Gen’l Manager,
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
ORDINARY'S NOTICES.
William K. Mullins and Robert L. Mc-
Whorter Administrators of the Estate of
William N. Williams and Thomas M. Bry
an. Administrators of the Estate of James
B. Hart—apply foi Letters of Dismission
from said Estates and such Letters will he
granted on the first Monday in June next
unless good objections are filed.
Jesse P. Wilson, Admininistrator of the
Estate of Willian T. T)oster and John M.
Chapman, deceased, applies for Letters of
Dismission from said administrations, and
such Letters will Ik; granted on the first
Monday in July next, unless good objec
tions arc- filed.
JOEL F. THORNTON, Ordinary.
March 17th. 1883.
SP2CIAL LOCALS.
—Children’s Hose, Ladies' Hose, Ladies
-doves and Mitts in new styles arriving at
C. A. Davis & Co’s.
—J. W. Swann : “I grow as fine apples
as any one in the county. I bought my
trees of the Rochester Nursery.” —O. T.
Hightower, Agent, Greenesboro’, Ga.
—All kinds Shoemakers Findings: Sole
la-nther. Upper Leather, Slum Tlitead,
Ready made Uppers. Ready rut Soles, Kip
Skins, Calf Skins, Lining Skins at C. A.
Davis & Go's.
—New Lawns and Muslins—very hand
some. New style Dress Prints at C. A. Da
vis & Co's.
—Air. Geo. W. Tappan, postmaster at
While Plains, is agent for nil the leading
periodicals, a list of which can he seen on
application. He will also receive subscrip
tions to the llo.mk Jophxai
—White Vests, Alpaca Vests, Drop D'Ete
Pants at C. A. Davis & Co’s.
—Mosquito Netting in White, Red, Yel
low, Blue and Green at C. A. Davis & Go’s.
Remember that every cash subscriber
to the Home .Jouunai. is entitled to a copy
of “Kendall's Trends on the Horseand His
Diseases” free. If you have not paid up
your subscription do so at once and secure
this valuable work.
—Augusta, Ga., January 12, 1888.—Dear
Sir: I have for a long tune been troubled
with indigestion, and having been persuad
ed to use your H. H. P.. I can say that it
lias entirely relieved me, and I cordially re
commend it. R. W. Gerald.
Another arrival of Millinery Goods:
New Port Sashes, French Tape Hats, Prices
Low at C. A. Davis & Go's.
—Elijah Junes, Wadley, Georgia, says
“Brown's Iron Bitters permanently cured
me of weakness and loss of appetite ”
Besides our large stock ol Fine Cloth
ing, we have just received from Now York,
a large lot Job Clothing at about J t° I price.
Look at these goods-the prices will sur
prise you.— C. A. Davis & Cos.
Horace F. Barsford, t) Clock atrect, Sa
vannah, Ga., says: “I used Brown’s Iron
Bitters to purify my blood, with great suc
cess.
- —VYtmt Coo. A. Hall says I have gath
ered peaches from iny orchard weighing
from 12 to 14 ounces; trees bought from
Rochester Nursery. O T Hightower, Agi .
Gri eiiesl oro’. Ga.
W. M. TAPPAN. <l. w. TAPPAN.
W. M. TAPPAN & SON,
—DEALERS IN—
General Merchandise,
WHITE PLAINS, GA.,
(MFFKR FIVE HUNDRED BUSHELS
a / hrst-class rust proof oats for sale."
Ilairimn s single-foot Plow Stocks (to
close out) at $1.50.
Hatman's (wood and iron beam) double
foot stocks, $3.
Lot. of empty kerosene and syrup barrels.
Lot of six-linger Turkey-wing Grain ('la
dles, just in.
Lot of Scovillc Hoes No. 1,2, and 3, and
handles for same.
Lot of No. 1 and 2 Garden Hoes with
bandies.
Lot Standard seamless Bags.
Fresh lot of Rice and fresit roasted Pea
nuts, just in.
Lot of Gents' Straw, Wool and Fur Hats,
nobby styles, just in.
Another case of full-weight, solid as wire
Brogans, just in.
Gents’ Ready-made Shirts, full line, and
pric s range from 35c to $1.75.
Gents’ Unlaundried Shirts, “O. K.,” good
as the Pearl. Price sl.
Full line of Cottonadee. Price, from 10c
to 27c per yard.
Big drive in Clothing. Pants from 50c
to $lO. Coats 50c up. Heavy discounts
on broken and unmatched suits.
We are closing out a lot of Coats at about
'half value.
We offer a large lot of scalloped and plain
Granite Bowls and flat Disl.es at “marked
down” prices. Cheaper now than ever.
Two pairs Fairbanks Scales for sale low.
One No 7 Stove for sale low to close out
the lot.
One No. 6 Stove for sale low to close out
the lot.
Lot of the celebrated Diamond Dyes to
arrive next week.
cm Tumi runsi
Come to our store and price our goods.
You will find them right down in the bot
tom notch. We welcome ail, and will do
our best to please. Respectfully,
W. M. Tappan & Son,
may 4 83 WHITE PLAINS. GA.
One fine Jersey Cow, with young calf, for
sale by Geotge W Taopan, White Plains.
WOMAN.
How Shall She Preserve Her Health
and B9auty?
One who has long investigated this sub
ject gives the result, and is happy to say
that it is found in “Woman's Best Friend.”
It is adapted especially to that great central,
all-controlling organ, the womb, correcting
its disorders, and curing any irregularity of
the “menses,” or courses. ’ Dr. J. Brad
field’s Female Regulator acts like a charm
in whites, and in sudden or gradual check
ing, or in entire stoppage of the “monthly
courses,” from cold, mental trouble or like
causes, by restoring the natural discharge in
every instance. In chronic cases, so often
resulting In ulceration, falling of the womb,
its action is prompt and decisive, saving the
constitution from numberless evils and pre
mature decay. Prepared by Dr. J Brad
field, Atlanta, Ga. Price, trial size, 75cts;
large size $1.50. For sale by all druggists,
myll 83
DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.
GREENESBORO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 1,1883.
SELECTED POETRY.
A SERMON IN RHYME.
If you have a friend worth loving.
Love him—Yes, and let him know
That you love him, ere life's evening
Tinge his brow with sunset glow.
Why should good words ne’er lie said
Of a friend till he is dead ?
If you hear a song that thrills you,
Sung by any child of song,
Praise it—do not let the singer
Wait, deserved praises long.
Why should one who thrills your heart
Lack the joy you may impart ?
If you hear a prayer that moves you.
By its humble, pleading tone.
Join it—Do not let the seeker
Bow> before his God alone.
Why should not your brother share
The strength of “two or three” iu prayer?
If you see the hot tears falling
From a sorrowing brother’s eyes,
Share them—and, by sharing,
Own your kinsiiip with the skies.
Why should anyone be glad
When a brother s heart is sad ?
If a silvery laugh is rippling
Through the sunshine on his face,
Share it—’tis the wise man's saying—
For hotli grief and joy a place.
There’s health and goodness in the mirth'
In which an honest laugh has birth.
If your mirth is made more easy
By a friendly helping hand.
Say so—Speak out brave and truly,
E’re the dar.eness veil the land.
Should a brother workman dear
Falter for a word of cheer?
Scatter thus your seeds of kindness,
All enriching as you go;
Leave them—Trust the Harvest Giver,
He will make each seed to grow.
So until its happy end
Your life shall never lack a friend.
“THIS OUR BROTHER.”
A WAY TO SOLVE THE NE
GRO PROBLEM.
A SENSIBLE COMMUNICATION BY A SEN
SIBLE MAN AS TO WHAT SH ILL BE
DONE WITH THE DARKIES—THEIR
MENTAL AND MORAL STATUS.
Editors Home Journal.
Iu the February number of Lip
pincott’s Magazine appeared a pa
per with the above heading from
the pen of Louise Seymour Hough
ton, written in true, vigorous Eu
glisli, and evincing that the writer
is a shrewd observer, possessed of
good nature aud good sense. I ant
inclined to suspect that her com
positors are at fault in not placing
an interrogation point after these
three words of her caption ; for,
after reading her impression of
how the Negro appeared to her on
the Peninsular of Florida, one can
not think that the question must
have arisen in her mind as to
whether this lazy, thriftless, steal
ing, lying, setni-savage which she
thus portrays is in fact a brother
human of the Caucasian.
What notion of the negro' this
lady had entertained beforo her
visit to Florida she does not say.
It may be tliat, like many women
of the Mrs. Jellvby order, she re
garded him as a hopeful and inter
esting subject upon which to ex
pend her civilizing energies. This
being the case, there is special and
telling pertinency in the first word
of the title of her essay. This, our
brother, as viewed from the shores
of Florida, is quite a different in
dividual from that our brother, as
be is seen iu Florida, from the
shores of Massachusetts. The fair
author saw the Florida darkey as
he is, and owns it with more can
dor than most Northern tourists,
that she discerns no brilliant future
for the African in the half-tropical
climate of the land of flowers. She
says that under the regime of free
dom be will not work and he will
steal, and that she knows no influ
ence that can now be brought to
bear upon him that will make him
do the one or quit doing the other.
During the summer and autumn
months his subsistence is precari
ous in the ext erne. The sponta
neous fruits, and the occasional
raids upon the fields of his white
neighbors are his sole resources
against starvation. But the hard
ships which he has to bear from
improvidence during one year does
not stimulate him to provide ag
ainst similar suffering in the year
following. The dimes and half
dollars which he picks up during
winter by doing little services for
rich tourists, are not husbanded,
but are spent to gratify any whim
of the moment. He lives for to
day, having a happy confidence
that he will be provided for in some
way to morrow.
He enjoys, too, according to onr
authoress, the happiest lack of
scruple about appropriating to his
use the products of such chicken
coops and potato patcl et as may
be in his way. Though greatly
devoted to religion—much of his
time being given to it as if it were
a business—it is a religion from
which morality is to a groat extent
eliminated. The exhortevs and
shouters at their frequent gather
ings for worship, do not hesitate
about violatingthe three commands
of the decalogue which respect the
relations between men. Education
makes some difference in this par
ticular. The more cultured of their
preachers are of respectable mor
ality ; but of the masses, the one
professing most religion is the
greatest rascal.
Such is the description given by
a shrewd observer of the fiOcdman,
as he exhibits himself on tue Pe
ninsular of Florida. Though many
of us may never have visited this
portion of our territory, yeTcomiug
in daily contact with him v’. s. recog
nize the picture as draw^jJ*'' o '"* l I
life. “The gentlemen fcv £
very much the sane
Southland. Iu the /tropical
climate of Florida bp can tfve with
less work than lie can further north.
The yearly influx of Northern tou
lists, sympathizing as they do with
the darkey in his destitute condi
tion, serves to modify ! is habits
to some extent. BtiTit must be
written of the negro everywhere,
that without the stimulus of the
white mtiu’s influence' he will not
work. Put off into colonies into
whose precincts the fort <>f the Eu
ropean does not intrude, and the
African will present the same pic
ture of idleness and shiftlessness
in Georgia or Tennessee that he
does in Florida. In .higher lati
tudes many of them do work, and
not a few accumulate property ;
but this is owing to their inter
course with the whites. It would
be difficult, I suspect, to find in all
our Southern States a single Negro
owner of property whe has not be
come so through the help or en
couragement of the white man.
That passion for display which
makes him so eagerly covet fiue
clothes, or a horse or a buggy, is
excited and kept stimulated through
his organ of imitatioli by contact
with the white people. If it were
not thus kept stimulated by the
presence of the white man, his fond
ness for t iding or dress would not
incite him to any pr tracted exer
tion.
It is also true nf the average
fretdiuan, roiith, tbC.though emi
nently roligiims. hivteligion is al
most i mt .in
fluencing to any itusiderable-cx
tout his daily lifefr'Against some
immoralities We is very decided.
The young church-member must
not allow iiis animal spirits to lend
him “to do the double shuffle,” or
even to sing a corn song. He
must, too, bit especially careful to
refrain from certain profane words;
but on some more essential points
of morality he may boas lax as he
pleases. His brethren will not
discount the sincerity of bis pray
ers or the fervor of his “aniens” on
Sunday by knowing that on the
night before he invaded the poultry
yard or the melon patch of bis white
neighbor. Nor will they distrust
his piety though he wear the bonds
of matrimony ever so loosely. That
happy lapse of memory which be
trays him into telling the thing that
does not in the slightest degree
bring Ids profession into disrepute.
I would not, by any means, be
understood ns asserting that all
members of the colored race steal,
lie and commit adultery. There
are those, I dare say, in every com
munity, who are free from these
vices. I hope the number of them
is on the increase. Education,
which has done so much for other
races, will not, let us hope, be
thrown away on the colored man.
This is his hope, aud if it fails to
raise him in the scale upwards his
case is hopeless.
For one I would have been pleas
ed to know what this candid and
acute observer of “this our brother”
would have to say by way of specu
lation us to his future. She will
be forced to admit that the unpre
cedented exertions that have been
made within the past few years for
his civilization have resulted iu
comparative failure. Should these
effoits be discontinued on the part
of the whites, will his tendency be
forward ? Having learned so much
of the negro as site has, she will
baldly believe that he would main
tain the culture that has been forced
upon him. That he is incapable of
sejf-snpport no one will believe who
reflects on his history. For years
he was in the hands of others; with
out willing it he was made a free
man; without his seeking it, civili
zation is attempted to be forced
upon hitn. I would be glad that a
large colony, made up of those who
have had the advantages of our best
public schools, could be settled on
the banks of the Congo or Orange
and lav the foundations of an em
pire; I would have every white man
“hands off,” and allow the whole
enterprise to be controlled by ne
groes. The vestiges of what they
have learned in this land whither
they came as bondsmen, it would
perhaps not bo difficult to number
at the eud of the first decade.
Z.
A GREAT TRAGEDY RE
CALLED.
SOME 01’ THE PARTICULARS OF AX OLD
TIME NATIONAL SENSATION’
The death, is reported by tele
graph on Saturday, of Mrs. Alex
ander Slidell Mackenzie, at the res
idence of her son, Brigadier Gen
eral R. S. Mackenzie, United States
army, Santa Fe, New Mexico, will
recall to mind the excitement cre
ated some forty years ago by the
hanging of Spencer, Cromwell and
Small on board the brig Somers,
commanded by her distinguished
husband, Commodore Alex. Slidell
Mackenzie. The Commodore had
achieved quite a literary reputa-
I ion, and by name was familiar to
American readers. Me was tjie
author of “A Year iti Spain, by a
young American,” and “Spain Re
visited.” He was also author of
a popular life of Captain Paul Jones
and some other works which were
favorably received, besides being
a valued contributor to the Knick
erbocker and oilier periodicals of
that dti}'. The Somers went out iu
1842 with a crew of 120 men and
9G apprentice boys under age, and
on the return from the cost of Af
rica, while approaching the- Islo of
Pines, a mutiny was suspected,
which demanded severe measures,
as the officers believed, to secure
the safety of the ship. After an in
vestigation the young men above
mentioned were hut g to the yard
arm. It was believed that the con
spirators intended to murder the
officers and divert the vessel iuto
a piratical cruiser. Commodore
Mackenzie on reaching New York
marched with his crew to the near
est church and returned thanks to
Almighty God for their safe deiiv
| erauce. He also sent on to Wash -
ington a sealed dispatch, conveying
the first news of the tragedy that
had been enacted. The intelligence,
as spread through country, caused
a sensation, and what added to the
interest was the fact that Spencer,
the ringleader id the suspected mu
tiny, was a son of John C. Spencer,
the then Secretary of War under
President Tyler’s administration.
As was natural, Secretary Spencer
wrote a letter which was extensive
ly published, denouncing the act of
Mackenzie us illegal aud unnec
> ~-iiiy. and saying that if there
were any grounds for believing that
a mutiny was contemplated the
prisoners, after their arrest and
confinement in irons, should and
could have been brought with safe
ty to the Uuited States, where they
could then undergo a legal trial.
The Commodore was tried by a
Court of Inquiry, and also by a
court martial, the trial lasting two
months, and lie was acquitted.
Complaint was made during the
trial becamso Benjamin F. Butler
aud Charles O’Couor, employed by
the father of young Spencer, were
not tdlowed to sit by and put ques
tions approved by the court. What
ever may be thought of the char
acter and necessity of the execution
at this late day, the act of Macken
zie complimented by the merchants
of New York and applauded by the
press at the time and tbo public
voice generally was iu his favor.
Regarding the further history of
Commodore Mackenzie, it may be
stated that five years after the trag
edy ou the big Somers the Mexican
war broke out, and towards its
close Mackenzie was sent on a se
cret mission by President Polk (at
the instance of the late Senator
Slidell, a brother of Alexander Sli
dell Mackenzie, whose name was
changed to meet some bequest, to
Santa Anna, then at Havana), with
a scheme to restore the ex-dictator
to Mexico, upon some agreement
advantageous to the United States;
but the conference did not succeed.
Mackenzie, a few years later, was
killed by a fall from a horse, and
tho brig Somers went down to the
bottom of the sea with all ou board.
—A sensible young lady made
tho following request to her friends:
“Do not lay me down by the rip
pling brook’s side lest babbling lov
ers wake me from mv dreams, nor
in the beautiful cemetery iu the
valleys, lest sight-seerft, conning
over epitaphs distract me; but let
my last sleep be under the counter
of the merchant and business man
generally who never advertised.
There is the peace which passeth
all understanding and a deep sleep
on which neither the buoyant foot
fall of youth nor the weary shuffle
and drag of old age will ever in
trude.”—Exchange.
—A little boy in South Carolina
has sent SIOO to the Southern Pres
byteriau Board of Foreign Mis
sions, the proceeds of the sale of
cauaries by himself.
—Life is made up not of great
sacrifices or duties, but of little
things, of which smiles and kind
ness, and small obligations, given
habitually, are what win and pre
aei vc the heart.
KAIL WAY COURTING.
At a station a few miles east of
this city outlie Georgia Ilailroad,
a tall, gaunt, agricultural looking:
man boauled a west bound train
for Atlauta. Every seat in the ear
was occupied with the exception of j
one at the side of a buxom, middle;
aged woman, with pleasant features,
but that peculiar snap to her black
eyes indicative of a mind of her
own, and an “I’m the boss” sort of
a poise to her well shaped head, j
He sat bolt upright, and looked
dignified as possible for a mile or
so, hut his desire to keep his
tongue moving was too great to re-.
main longer mute, and Iff) asked,
the woman where she was from, i
I wjjere .she was go long she
expected tonsSfay am,- "*tf -7V
She told him she was from South
Carolina and was going to Atlanta
on a visit, and that she was a wid
ow.
“I’m front down iu ole Geo-ogia,”
said the agriculturist. “I go down
to Atlanta every week or so to en
joy myself. You see my wife she
died and the old farm is lonesome
like, and I go tc the city to sorter
cheer up.”
“Have you got a big farm,” in
quired the fair'traveler.
“Wall, I jes’ kalkerlate as I have,
an’ ono ’er the best in Gee-ogia.
There’s a big house onto it with
porches and virandads, jes as grand
as is anywheres, an across the
road waves as fine a sugar grove as
ever give water ; a cider mill waves
’tother side of the house; a big
barn painted red, waves ’cross the
lane, and this summer the fields'll
wave with corn an’ oats. She’s a
good ’tin an’ mighty comfortable j
life, but allfired lonesome since the !
ole ’oman pegged out, a’ that’s why
I get inter the city fur consolation, j
you know,” and he locked out of j
the window with a poetical, far- j
away gaze, while the buxon widow j
looked at the back of the seat iu !
Iront with a speculative stare ;.|
then, with a deep-drawn sigh, re- j
plied : “Yes, you must be awful!
lonesome,” looking softly at his
face. i
“You’re right it are,” ho said, ;
putting bis long arm over the back !
of the seat so that his big bonj
band rested on the end next the
window, “an’ if I could jes’ find ’or
handsome ’countq ns’ud heve me, I
think things ’nd brighten up a bit,” |
and he made a pathetic move with :
uis left hand across his eyes.
“I think there’d be lots would be
glad to have you,” coolly answered j
she.
“Do yon, though, now really, do
you ?” pressing closer to her side.
“Indeed I do,” she simpered, as
she looked at the passing telegraph
poles.
. His hand slid from the back of
the seat and rested lightly on her
waist, as he leaned over her ear
aud said, “Now. would you mind
ter sort o’ cocao and brighten up
tho house yerself ? I’m a good ’nn,
I am, an’ we’d be happy as daisies,
sartiu.”
“0, this is so sudden, you know,” i
as she nested her head dose to his
shoulder, while a soft blush flush
ed her face, “1 don’t even know
your name.”
“Well, I don’t see as how a
name’s goin’ to make any difference,
an’ it s easy fiudiu’ out, anyway.
Gome now, let’s make up our minds
fer double up.”
“You’ll be good and always treat
me well, will you ?”
“You kin jus’ bet on tket;T aiu’t
a man as treats anything poorly.
Why, ther dogs, tin’ pigs, an’ cows,
an’ horses, an’ even ther chickens,
all on ’em, look more cheerful like
when I’m around. Treat you right!
I guess yes,” and he circled her
waist aud her head rested lovingly
on the agricultural shoulder, while
silence was taken for consent. Thus
they sat until the train pulled into
the Union Depot, utterly oblivious
! to the smiles of other passengers.
That is why such happy smiles
wreathed the countenances of the
old farmer and ill) woman who
alighted from tho train yesterday
aud ordered a carriage for a hotel.
Thedenoeument wilt be acal! on the
marriage clerk .to-day and visit, a
minister or justice, they won’t care
much which, and the buxom widow
with the snapping black eyes will
no donut take up her quarters ou
the farm iu old “Gee-ogia,” where
wave the coru, the cottou, the red
baru, and the golden grain. There
she will bo the conquering heroine.
-Post-Appeal.
—Some one has said that if pro
fessed Christians do not have grace
enough to control them, they can
hardly have enough to save them.
-
—Kind words produce their own
image iu men’s souls, aud a beauti
ful image it is. They soothe and
comfort the hearer. They shame
him put of his unkind feelings. We
have not vet began to use them in
such abundance as they ought to
be used.
TERMS:—#2 00 per Annum, in Advance.
AVIIOLE NUMBER 522,
A YEAR WITHOUT SI MMER.
REMEMBRANCE OF J’HE REMARKABLE
temperature of 1810.
The several cold spells which
: have occurred during the present
month iu this section and through
out almost the entire country as!
well, recalls instances on recoul in
which even the seasons seem to
have lost their charaeleristic fea
tures. A remarkable case of this
kind is that of the year 1810, which
has been called “the year without
a summer.” Tile following sum
mary of the weather of that year is
given by a correspondent in a re
cent issue of the Boston Agricul
turalist:
“January and February were
mild ; March was cold ; April be
gan warm, but ended in snow and
ice. Ice formed tut inch thifk in
May, and fields were planted’ over'
and over again till it was too late
to leplaut. June was the coldest
ever known in this latitude; frost
and ice were common. Almost
every green thing was killed; fruit
nearly all destroyed. Snow fell to
the depth of teu inches in Vermont
seven in Maine, ti>.ee in the inte
terior of New York, and also in
Massachusetts. There were a few
warm days. It was called a dry
! season. But little rain fell. The
rain blew steadily from the north,
cold and fierce. Mothers knit ex
tra socks and mittens for their chil
dren iu the spring, and wood piles,
that usually disappeared during the
warm spell in front -of the houses*
were speedily built up agaiu.
“ Planting and shivering were
jdoue together, and the farmers who
I worked out their taxes on th<s coun
try roads wore overcoats and mit
tens. On the 17th of June a heavy
Unow fell in New England. The cold
was intense. A farmer who had a
large field of corn iu Tewkesberrv
built fires around it at night to ward
off the frost. Many nti evening.he
and his neighbors took tires y, roll
ing them, tie wav rewarded with
the only crop of corn in the neigh
borhood. Considerable damage
was done in New Orleans in eon
| sequence of the rapid rise of the
i Mississippi river. Fears wore en
; tertained that the sun was cooling
I off, and throughout New England
picnics were strictly prohibited.
July was accompanied with frost
amt ice. Indian corn was nearly
all destroyed ; sotn?. favorably sit
uated fields escaped. August was
more cheerless, if possible, than
the summer months v.Tiicli prece
ded it. Ice was formed half an
inch in thickness. Indian corn
was so frozen that the greater part
was cut down and dried for fodder.
Almost every green thing was des
troyed in this country aud in Eu- <
rope. On the 80th snow fell at"
Barnet, forty miles from London.
Very little coru lipenod in New
England and the Middle States.
Farmers supplied themselves from
corn produced in 1815, for seed in
the spring of 1817. It sold at from
$4 to $5 per bushel. September
furnished about two weeks of the
pleasantest weather of the season,
but in the latter part of the month
ice formed an inch thick. October
had more than its share of cold
weather. November was cold and
snowy. Decomber was comforta
ble, and the winter following was,
jtnild. Very litt’o vegetation was
I matured in the Eastern and Mid
dle States. The sun’s rays seemed
to bo destitute of beat during the
summer ; all nature was chuTin a
sable hue ; and men exhibited no
little anxiety coneering the future
of this life.”
—Senenty-five thousand cuttle
were disposed of at one sale at Fort
Worth, Texas, recently. This is.
the largest cattle deal ever made in
(his country, and the price at $25
per head aggregates 81,875,000.
—The proposed convention of
colored delegates in Washington
has led to wrangling and bickering
of the fiercest kind. The lending
colored politicians have fallen foul:
of each other over it, aud indulge
in mutual denunciations that are as.
acrimonious as any we have ever
seen in print.
—Lady friend—“So yon are go
ing to graduate next month, Celia?
Dear me! what a time of it you
must have! I suppose yoq are near
ly fagged out.” Celia—“Oh, dear,
no; mamma hires a dressmaker
and she does all the sewing. All
I have to do is to try on, you know.”
Lady friend—“Ah, yes, I see,”
—Talbot county exprienced all
ot bor hurricane ou the 14tli inst.
No one was seriously hurt, but tho
damage to property is estimated at
$50,000.
\ —lt is said to be true that iu
Atlanta, the capital of one of tho
! original thirteen colonies, there is
not a voter who is a native of tho
'cily. a